Combined mop and wringer.



P. FUHRER.

COMBINED MOP AND WRINGER.

APPLIOATION'FILEI) MAR. 11. 1913.

1, 1 12,582, Patented Oct. 6,1914.

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PAUL FUHREE, OF DENVER, CDLOBADO.

COMBINED MOP AND V'BINGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL FUHRER, citizen of the United States, residing at Ben ver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Mops and ringers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined mops and wringers, and has as its object to provide a device of this class which is simple in construction and which has no parts liable to get out of order.

It is one aim of the invention to provide a wringing device for mops which is devoid of gears and may be readily manipulated to wring the mop.

The invention also aims to so construct the wringing device that it will not in any way interfere with the ordinary use of the mop.

Briefly stated, the device of the present invention includes a mop cloth clamping head to which one end of the mop cloth is connected and a'rotatable head to which the other end of the cloth is connected, the last mentioned head being rotated through the medium. of a crank-handle, and the invention has as one of its objects to provide a simple means for holding the crank-handle against rotation when the mop is being put to ordinary use so that the handle will not be liable to strike against objects or mar the same.

Further the invention contemplates the provision of means for securely holding the mop cloth against disengagement from the mop-cloth clamping head, and also to provide means for holding the support for the crank handle against turning movement about the handle of the mop.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the mop embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is bottom end view of the mop. Fig. t is a detail transverse sectional view on the line 4.l of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

In the drawing the handle of the mop Specification of Letters Eatent.

Application filed March 11, 1913.

Serial No. 753,562.

1S indicated by the numeral 1 and at its lower end is provided with the usual ferrule 2, The handle 1 at its said lower end carries a mop cloth clamping head constructed to engage and hold one end of the mop cloth, showing of which has been omitted for the sake of clearness. The clamping head includes a fixed and a movable clamping section and the fixed section includes two members each formed from a single length of wire bent upon itself as at 3 at a point between its ends, whereby to form spaced portions converging in the direction of the said ends as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, which portions adjacent the bend 3 are correspondingly bent as at 4:, the said bends 4: being spaced apart, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. At a point suitably spaced from their ends the spaced portions of the members of the fixed section are bent as at 5 so as to form tangs 6 which are driven into the en: of the handle 1, in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. As will be apparent from inspection of said figure and of 3, the members of the said fixed clamping section extend in opposite directions from the lower end of the mop.

For a purpose to be presently explained, spurs having shanks 7 and pointed at 8, are driven into the lower end of the handle 1 at points between the bends 5 of the corresponding spaced portions of the said members, the pointed ends 8 projecting a short distance below the said bends. The movable clamping section includes a head in the nature of a wire frame having a cloth-engaging bar 9 and spaced portions 10 which are slidably fitted between the bends 4: and are received in the bends 3 of the members of the fixed clamping section, in such manher that the clothengaging bar 9 may be adjusted toward or away from the said fixed members. Above the bends 8, the spaced portions 10 are bent to extend inwardly as at 11 and thence upwardly beside the handle 1 as at 12, the upper ends of the said portions being bent toward the handle 1, as indicated at 13, whereby to form pintles pivot-ally fitted in eyes 14 formed by bending the spaced portions 15 of a clamping lever through the movement of which the movable section is adjusted. The clamping lever is formed from a single length of wire, which in addition to being bent to form the eyes 14, has an intermediate bend 16 so formed as to partly receive the handle Patented Oct. 6,1914.

1 when the lever is in clamping position. Below the eyes it the spaced portions 15 are bent as at 17 to to in eyes which pirotally engage the projecting ends of a 1)Il-.0t pin 18 which fitted through the handle 1 and which headed as indicated at it will now be apparent by reference to the foregoing and to the drawing that when the lever 16 is swung downwardly and outwardly from the handle 1, the movable clam section will have its clamping bar 9 moi (4d downwardly and. away from the members which constitute the fixed clamping section and with the parts so adjusted the end of the mop cloth may be inserted between the said bar 9 and the said members of the iixedclaii'iping section. ll he lever 16 may then be swung upwardly to normal position, thereby bringing the clamping bar 9 into firm. engagement with the end of the mop cloth and binding the material of the cloth in the kerfs between the spaced portions of the fixed members. By reference to Fig. 3 it will be noted that the spurs 8 are located at opposite sides of the clamping bar 9, and it will be apparent that the pointed ends of these spurs will dig into the material of the mop cloth and prevent the same being pulled from engagement between the fixed and movable clamping sections. it is to be observed that the bar 9 is slightly curved so that adjacent its ends it will project into the kcrfs between the spaced portions of the fixed members of the head, so that the end of the 1110p cloth will be drawn into the kerts and securely held against slipping, and it will further be apparent that by reason of the engagement of the spaced portions 10 between the spaced bends i of the fixer members, the movable section of the cloth clai'nping head is guided in its movement and cannot swing forwardly or rearwardly.

'lhe wringing device includes, as before stated, a rotatable head with which the other end of the mop cloth is connected and this head is carried by a support which is slidably adjlilstable along the mop handle so as to position the head near the mop cloth clamping head above described or to position the same at a higher point upon the handle. The means provided for guiding the supporting member in its sliding movement upon the handle consists of a rod 20 secured at its ends as at 21 to the rear side of the handle and it will. be observed that this rod is CO-QXL'GIlSlVG with the handle and except at its ends is spaced therefrom. The ends of the rod are secured in place by nails or screws, and the securing element for the lower end of the rod engages through an opening in a cross-piece which has its end portions projecting in opposite directions and at right angles to the line of extent of the rod 20, these projecting portions being spaced from the handle 1. The support for" the wringer head is formed preferably from a single length of: wire which between its ends is bent to form an eye 23 and beyond s ends as at form spaced portions 25. e eye slidably fits the rod 20, as clearly wn in Figs. 1 and 2 and the spaced porextending downwardly in rear of the hanc le 1 and near their lower ends are bent as at to extend forwardly and clownwardly as at 2?.

lhe spaced portions are also bent as at 28 to term portions 29 which exbrnd downwardly in front of the handle 1. For a purpose to be presently pointed out the spaced portions of the supporting memher are bent to extend toward each other forwardly of the handle 1 so that at their bends 28 they will be nearly in contact. its before pointed out, the cloth holding head of the wringer is to be rotated through the n adiuin of a crank handle and the bearing For this crank handle is formed preferably from a sheet metal blank which is folded to term several plies 30, the plies at their folds ill receiving the lower ends of the portions 29 of the supporting member. The plies 20 are for d with registering openings 32 which or titute the bearing for the crank handle and it will be observed that the openings in the plies are so formed that the hearing opening will be flared as at 33 toward each side of the bearing.

It is preferable that the head of the wringer and the crank handle tor rotating the san'ie be formed integral and from a single length of wire, this length being bent at one end to form a mop cloth end receiving loop 234: which constitutes the head o1 the wrh'ieer and the wire adjacent this loop being tent as at 35 to form a relatively short bearing 36 which is received in the bearing open ing The bearing 36 is, however, of a U.- length greater than the dimensions of the bearing and of less diameter than the hearing opening s that the said bearing portion may have rocking as well as rotative moveiilellli in its bearing. The wire beyond the bend I35 constitutes the crank handle which is indicated by the numeral 7 and is provided with av grip whereby it may be rotated.

In order to prevent the crank handle being slipped through the bearing a washer 39 is titted upon the bearing portion 36 and has wings it) which are bent to receive the inner end of the crank 87. The portion of the washer which projects beyond the bearing serves as a stop for the purpose stated.

in practice, the mop cloth is engaged at one end in the clamping head at the lower end of the mop handle and the clai'i'iping lever is swung at 16 into clamped position, the lower end of the cloth having been connected in any suitable manner in the loop 3 constituting the head of the wringer device. The supporting member is then swung downwardly upon its guiding rod 20' until the head 3a is located immediately above and forwardly of the first mentioned clamping head. The crank handle 37 is then swung toward the handle 1 until it engages behind the bends 2 8, whereupon it will be held against rotation and consequently against movement to position to interfere with the proper use of the mop. It will be apparent that as the supporting member is slid down upon the handle 1 its spaced portions adj acent the eye 24L will ride beneath the proj ecting ends of the cross-piece 22 and the supporting member will be held against turning movement about the mop handle. Should it be desired to wring the mop, the supporting member is slid upwardly until the mop cloth is stretched taut and the crank handle is then swung away from the handle so as to disengage it from between the bends 28 of the supporting member and is rotated so as to twist the mop cloth and express the surplus water therefrom.

That is claimed as new is:

1. In a mop, a handle, a mop cloth clamping head carried by the handle, a supporting member slidably mounted upon the handle, a crank mounted for rotation and rock ing movement upon the supporting member, means for holding the crank against rotation, and means carried by the crank for the attachment of a mop cloth.

2. In a mop, a handle, a mop cloth clamping head carried by the handle, a support slidably mounted upon the handle, a bearing carried by the support and having a bearing opening flared in the direction of its ends, a pivot member mounted in the said opening for rotation and for rocking movement, means upon the support for holding the pivot member against rotation, and means carried by the said pivot member for the attachment of a mop cloth.

3. In a mop, a handle, a mop cloth clamping head, carried by the handle, a supporting member slidably mounted upon the handle and including spaced portions, a bearing carried by the said spaced portions, a crank having a pivot mounted for rotation and for rocking movement in the bearing, the crank when rocked being adapted to engage between the spaced portions of the supporting iember and thereby be held against rotative movement, and means carried by the pivot for the attachment of a mop cloth.

4. In a mop, a handle, a mop cloth clamping head carried by the handle, a rod carried by the handle and co-extensive therewith, a supporting member formed from a single length of wire bent to form an eye slidably fitting the said rod and to form spaced portions having bends substantially in contact, a bearing supported by the spaced portions adjacent to the said bends, a crank having a pivot mounted for rotation and rocking movement in the bearing, the crank when rocked being engageable between the said bends in the spaced portions, whereby to be held against rotative movement, and means carried by the pivot for the attachment of a mop cloth.

5. In a mop, a handle, a mop cloth clamping head carried by the handle, a rod carried by the handle and co-extensive therewith, a supporting member having an eye slidably fitting the rod and having spaced portions extending beside the handle, a member carried by the handle and having portions projecting in opposite directions therebeyond and arranged to engage against the spaced portion of the said member when the member is in one position of its sliding movement, thereby to hold the supporting member against turning upon the rod and upon the handle, a bearing carried by the supporting member, a crank handle having a pivot rotatably mounted in the said bearing, and mop cloth attaching means carried by the pivot.

6. In a mop, a handle, a mop cloth clamping head carried by the handle, a bearing supported upon the handle and having a bearing opening, a crank formed from a single length of wire bent to form a loop to receive the mop cloth and form a pivot located between the crank proper and the said loop, the pivot portion being of a length greater than the length of the bearing opening and of a diameter less than the diameter of the said opening, whereby the said pivot portion may have rotative and rocking movement in the opening, and a washer fitted upon the pivot portion and having wings bent to embrace the crank portion.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL FUHRER. IL. s] I/Vitnesses GEORGE J. M01112, A. E. Bnonnv.

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